Does anyone know if a nonessential company can do forced dispatch?

Yes you can.

Seasonal does it every year.

And this isn't a seasonal thing.

 

Well seasonal are only employed for that time frame. Then unemployed.

 

This still isn't a seasonal thing.

Just about EVERYone can collect for this pandemic. It's part of the stimulus.

 

Guess he'd just need to adk his state's UE.

 

Just remember, Lincoln abolished slavery. No employer can force you to do anything. You can turn and walk if the situation is not to your liking.
Yes, you may lose your current job, but why work where you are miserable????

 

They dont have to lay you off, you hav not been working you should be able to get unemployment, as long as you have not been turning legal work down.

 

Unless you are in a union you and your company have an at-will relationship. They can fire you and you can quit anytime for any or no reason, except for a small number of protected minority groups protected by federal law.

Not every work situation is a legal question.

 

Legal or not, no one can force you to comply with anything.
Why do so many people not understand that simple concept of free will?

 

It's a job, not jail.

 

I wonder how many die in a normal day in New York?